Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?


I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.

My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?

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@audio-b-dog yes. The key is to position the nodes in a way that would minimize the interference by any type of obstruction. 
before you do anything let me try to play that track. I will report back 

 

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Thanks. I can position the mesh on the shelf above, or right on top of, the Meitner. I

I remember you have at&t fiber but please remind me what mesh network you are using.

@audio-b-dog my friend, who’s not an audiophile and doesn’t stream music, just replaced his TP Link Deco with eero 7 based on my recommendation after numerous issues in the course of several months that included drop outs and loss of network requiring frequent reboots. Eero is solid as a rock. I’ve been using it for years